The Barnsley RMS
(established 1947)

The Barnsley RMS (61st Season) is run by members for the mutual enjoyment of recorded music. Programmes are presented by our own members as well as guest speakers on a variety of themes.

Refreshments are served at the interval & programmes end by 9.30 p.m.
The Society has the use of high quality audio equipment and an excellent listening room.

Annual subscription: £15 minimum
Visitors: £1/meeting
Refreshments: £1

All meetings take place on Wednesdays starting at 7.15 p.m. (Note New Start-time)
in the
Society of Friends (Quakers) Meeting Rooms
Western Street (off Huddersfield Road)
Barnsley

New members & visitors are warmly welcomed

Secretary: Jim Bostwick
6 Oakroyd Close
Brighouse,
HD6 4BP
Tel: 01484 717865
or email

Programme 2008-2009

2008

   
(* denotes
visiting speaker)
September 17
"Three Songs and a Funeral"
Discovering Bob Dylan
Peggy Child
October 1
Decca Phase 4 Records
An examination of the sometimes curious LPs of the 1960s/70s label
Jim Bostwick
Saturday
4 October
Yorks Regional Meeting-Ilkley
October 15
Dubravka Tomsic: cult Slovenian pianist
David Patmore*
October 29
The Naxos Story
Some thoughts on the budget-label phenomenon in its 21st Year
Tony Haywood*
November 5
Music of 'The Musicals'
Shaun Moore
November 19
"Incidental Music?"
Incidental music to…..but also in a more general way
David Senior
December 3
Music that has captured me
From childhood until now…..
Ann Howse
December 17
Christmas Social & Members' Choices
2009
January 7

Your Winter Remedy
A double dose of Sun, Sea, Sand and ……….
Derek Bacon
January 21
Charles Munch in Boston
Nigel Simeone*
February 4
Words & Music
Joyce & Peter Hinchliffe*
February 18
North Country Sketches
Peter Smart*
March 4
Reports on Experience
Programme to include Rachmaninov's 1st Symphony & Sibelius's 4th
Peter Bacon
March 18
French Music (1839-1946)
Featuring works of Louise Farrenc, Jean-Michel Damase & some of the
better-known French composers of the period
Tony Pook*
Friday 27
to
Monday 30 March
Scarborough Weekend
April 1
1-2-3-4-5:from Solo to Quintet
With works of Bach, Gershwin, Brahms, Strauss et al
Ron Cooper
April 15
The Drama and the Passion
Sue Parker
Friday 17
to
Sunday 19 April
FRMS Weekend at Daventry
April 29
Forgotten Rite: the Life & Music of John Ireland
Gary Midgley
May 6
Less familiar Tchaikovsky
Is there much unfamiliar music by this popular Russian composer?
Tony Rawnsley*
May 20
Annual General Meeting & Committees' Choices
June 3
Not only the Blaydon Races
Lance Tufnell*
June 17
The Art of Clifford Curzon
Geoff Bateman*
July 1
"It seems like only yesterday"
Personal reflections of the 1950s music scene
Robert Seager
July 15
Small Forces, Big Ideas
Eric Illingworth

 

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